FTH 54

Synopsis

It felt as though a heart she didn’t have was beating wildly.
In this moment—beyond mere healing—when she felt a burning vitality, Nina realized for the first time in her life that she was truly alive.

“Is it because your condition is so severe? I’ve never seen someone with such a low body temperature. Healing is a bit faster if I place my hand near the heart…”
“Unfortunately, I don’t have a heart.”
“There is no such thing as a person without a heart.”
“I’m different from others.”
“Well. You definitely have a heart. If you believe you don’t… then either someone deceived you—”
“What…?”
“—or you deceived yourself.”

Nina, the imperial princess of Arsed and a war hero known as the “Pale Blade,” possesses an immortal body that cannot die.
The truth she has always believed—that she has no heart—is shaken without mercy by a mysterious healer.

“Remember my face. If we meet again, it will be a terrible twist of fate.”

The healer she parted from later appears as Cassian Montreger, the prince of Montreger sent as a hostage.

“Your Highness, would you consider forming an alliance with me?”

What he desires is power alone.
A secret alliance formed with a man who seeks to marry one of the twin sisters destined to inherit the throne and become the consort of Arsed’s empress.
Will this alliance save her from this hellish suffering—
or will it become the cruelest betrayal of all?